• Frederick Weist

    Principal, FCW Sciences
    Author

    Frederick Weist presently resides in Point Of Rocks, Md. He was born in Philadelphia, Pa., on March 25, 1959. He obtained his BS in physics from Drexel University, Philadelphia, in 1983 and his MS in physics from the same institution in 1992.

    He is presently (semi-) retired, but continues his interest in STEM research, writing and publishing by working as Owner, FCW Sciences, Point Of Rocks, Md. His last position was as Principal Engineer / SME with Boeing Co. - Digital Receiver Technology Subsidiary, Germantown, Md. Previously he held positions as Consultant with Planar Monolithics Industries (PMI), Senior Design Engineer with Kratos Defense and Security Solutions - Herley-CTI Division, Principal Engineer with DRS Technologies - Signal Solutions Division, Senior Engineer with Aydin Corp. - Telemetry Division and Electronics Engineer with the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center - Aircraft Division (NAWCAD).

    His previous interests included research, design, and development of systems from DC to 42 GHz, specializing in PLLs, frequency synthesizers, transceivers, subsystems, and components. He has also worked in the fields of servos, sonar, photonics, magnetics, and superconductivity. His present interests include the same as well as integrated microwave / photonics (IMWP), quantum, and biophysics systems.

    He is a member of the American Physical Society and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.